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LOT 1048
Eastern Byzantine Silver Inscribed Ring
13TH-15TH CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (10.56 grams, 25.38 mm overall, 18.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British N, USA 6 1/2, Europe 13.72, Japan 13)).
Comprising a broad hoop and panel to each shoulder with trumpet-shaped spur and incised asterisk motif; discoid bezel with retrograde legend 'ΘΕΑΙ[..]' and hatched field.
Provenance
Ex German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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